The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-09-22

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Ilttle mirror oott1od Il. OF o6urpo nobody
could blame Jim for this afEalr, thoukk
e first Tom Hulliean Was : lltslo med 10
lose such flrst-clSss bartender, good a.
ticlee Of that eort being oolmoWkas rare
n the mountaius iust then.
ssBut hardly one Of the boys stuck up
for jim n His nert hcrsnS. Hs fnex
thsv vouidn't. and liz out without vnit.
ins Tor public opinion 20 eet q hin.
aTom 1ulliean started restaurant
merit door 20 his saloon. aud broueht
rirl over from Denver for cashier. She
wasn't yery handsome; she Wss freckl6d,
had WASHED. out red hair and bad teeth;
but she was . girl and the bOys went
wild over her. The restaurant trade Just
boomed Jim was completely gone ON
her. He couldn't get enough 70 eat IN
those DAYS, and couldn't pay often enough
for what he did get. Spruce young
Johnny Whittle, though he'd been used
to finer society, paid good deal Of atten.
tion to the girl, too; just for fun sup
pose. He knew more about the sex than
Jim did, but Jim meant business and
"Jim used to loaf around the restaurant
into the saloon for game or . drink
tSoeoeo min hAv,nO 0mo mf0ht h0 pfnd
out earlier than usual, leaving most Of
the boys still In at Toms. Jim knew
that the girl lived over the restaurant.
He'd often looked up for the light In her
room--one reason why he went on early.
know, there wasn't any light. In few
minutes Jim returned. his race was
white and stern. he stood IN the door
moment, looking sort OF wild-!ike.
.'stsnd out there, Johnny Whittle he
said. And the first man that stirs 10 good
a. deadl I've got little speech to make.
As went by the restaurant heard the
girl up there talking In her sleep. And You
know who she was talking about Not
mel No, 1t was you, Johnny Whittle::
You've been trinin' with that girl, ana
You know 1t, and you've got TO pay Tor
It right now. Stand back thereP
"One en0t rom Jim's revolver ana
Johnny fell Jim disappeared IN the
darkness. didn't think ct the time
that Jim ought to have done II, neither
DID most Of the boys, - said, but
didn't get chance to express my opinion
to Jim personally. for the vigilance COM
mittee didn't catch him. Idon't believe,
myself, they wanted TO, Tor most OF them
were friends OF Jim'e, and he'd always
acted square up to that time. l heard
nothing OF Jim Tor long time. I'd lett
business in Chicago. was walking
down State street one day when
broken-down trampish.lo man
stopped me.
Hello, old fellowl won't you speak
to an old acquaintance
looked at him moment; then came q
nash OF recognition.
Jim Budgelow, by al that's glorious,
exclaimed.
THE same, says he; but things have
gone hard with me since the old time
And in reply 70 my inquiries he told me
little about himself i had soft
berth here with the fire department Tor
long time; night Waterman, stationed on
top Of the building and called them out
when ! heard cry OF hre. But got
hard OF hearing some way; couldn't hear
: cry more than half-s.mile, and then
they put In the alarm boxes more nu-
merouely, and was showed out: Now
my right ear amt much better than the
other. Hard when fellows getting
along IN years.
-! didn't forget what I owed to Jim
budgeiow, On gave him ten dollars and
me. Don't know why-perhaps that